The Leela Kempinski Hotel Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)

Hello Everyone

I am Kushal leaving the hussel of Mumbai on 17th Sept to go around and explore the North where India is said to be the youngest. I have planned to visit a few places but sure will endup exploring other places.

I will be in touch ...

... Mont-martre. Apart from these subjective impressions, there is surely a lot that Montmartre offers. Just behind the Sacre-coeur, I come across 'Place de la Tertre'. A very unusual hub for international artists who earn their livelihood through painting, making silhoutte pictures etc. Suddenly I am reminded of an angry face which poked at me at one of my attempts of clicking a picture of his paintings. Montmartre had truly made me ...

We arrived in Mumbai mid-morning at Victoria Terminus-recently infamous for the Pakistani terrorist attacks. It was no surprise that no westerners were injured or killed in the shootings in the terminal; we seemed to be the only people around who were not Indian. Despite the terminal's Victorian appearance, it was much the same as any other Indian rail station; expansive but dingy. Train toilets empty directly onto the tracks, and despite signs ...

... these) and they still manage to smile. I'm OK - I can get on a plane out of here, but they can't! Yet again, I realise how lucky I am. The other thing I did recently was help Tania do the twice-yearly updates for the kids. Each kid is sponsored by a person in Canada (I'd quite like to do this too once I've got a job again) so that person gets an update. I've been helping Tania write the updates and in doing so, have also got the read the stories of ...

... 25 min walk, it is an easier walk along the railway track rather than along the rubble strewn main "road" going up. This is not a place for elderly people or for those with back and knee problems. Due to the incessant rains and no obvious maintenance, all the walking paths have deteriorated, are full of loose stones and rubble and are painful to walk on without very thick soled footwear. Asthmatics and ...

... the boats needs desperate sorting out. The forest guard who checks the boat ticket, insists on the production of an entry ticket, which for tourists staying within the sanctuary, is a real nuisance involving a last minute dash to the Ticket Counter at the Information Centre. KTDC's hotels and the Forest Department ought to co-ordinate this between themselves. Eventually the motley regatta set off, one after the other. The unfolding vista of the ...

... statues and murals that are all actually one stone). From there we made stops at a Jain temple, Gandhi's house, the Hanging Gardens, laundry city, the famous Mosque on the water whose name escapes me and got to see the glitzy area of the city. Supposedly, there is a strip of the commercial downtown that is the most expensive real estate in the world, but ...

... the his spinning wheel, letters he wrote and dioramas of major events he was apart of. Then it was back to the hotel to take a nap before supper at 8:30 pm we were all very tiered it was hard to get up to go to dinner. On the way to dinner we saw people all ready curled up in there blankets sleeping on the ground or get there blankets ready to go to sleep. It was sad to see.I'm very glad that I got up for dinner. It was a Chinese restaurant. It was ...